3 8o 



ACCOUNT OF 



and a larger remote lateral one on each side, 

 each locking into the opposite. 



Cardium. 

 1. edule. 



2, echinatum. 



3. ciliare. 



4. aculeatum. 



5. discors. 

 Q. nodosum. 

 7. rubrum. 



P. D. M. Most of the sandy coasts of 

 the Frith of Forth. The 

 variety known by the 

 name of the Ross Coc&le, 

 is to be met with near 

 Tyningham Sands occa- 

 sionally. 



P. D. M. Leith Roads and Aberlady 

 Bay. 



P. D. M. Not uncommon in Aberlady 

 Bay. On examining a 

 great number of these 

 shells, of all sizes, I am 

 convinced C. ciliare is the 

 young of C. , aculeatum. 

 I am farther strength- 

 ened in this opinion, by 

 that of my friend G. 

 Montagu, Esq-, who has 

 made the same observa- 

 tion. 



P. D. M. Aberlady Bay, by dredging, 

 scarce. 



M. Off the coast of Dunbar, by 

 the dredge, scarce. 



M. Belton Sands and Dunbar, 

 rather scarce. 



M. Dunbar, found at the roots 

 of a tuft of Corallina offi- 

 cinalis, rare. 



